Ascendent - Definition

adj 1: tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant
strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin [syn:
ascendant, ascendent, ascensive]
2: most powerful or important or influential; "the economically
ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event
of the war in Europe" [syn: ascendant, ascendent,
dominating]
n 1: position or state of being dominant or in control; "that
idea was in the ascendant" [syn: ascendant, ascendent]
2: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote
than a grandparent) [syn: ancestor, ascendant,
ascendent, antecedent, root] [ant: descendant,
descendent]